Orientation Advice (possibly off-topic)

[Mariecc1]

<p>Hey, sorry if this shouldn't be here, but this is just a word of advice for people applying to U.Va. this year:</p>

<p>If you get in, try your hardest to sign up for one of the earlier orientation sessions. I was just there last weekend, and classes are already filling up quickly. You'll have a much easier time getting the classes you want if you go as early as possible.</p>

[Oiram]

<p>I think you may want to check out this post:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1062787764-post2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1062787764-post2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Dean_J]

<p>And just in case people don’t click through, this was posted on my blog a few weeks ago:

As for registration, there is no advantage to those who come to an early orientation session and therefore register early. The registration system reserves a certain number of seats for each orientation session. A class may appear full once all the spots give to a particular session are taken, but the class will open up again when the next orientation session starts (and only students in that orientation session can snap up those seats). This is why some of you who have already gone into the registration system are seeing classes that are full.

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[WTC]

<p>It is true that there is no advantage of attending a early orientation session. However, I do think there is advantage for those who get to do course registration on a earlier time spot within an orientation session. Signing up at 9am should give you more advantage than signing up at 4pm. However, I do believe the sign up time is assigned randomly or alphabetically, so there isn’t much that you can do.</p>